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Old 24th Dec 2003, 03:59
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RFCC
 
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Post Bent Bucc

BEagle's 10g Bucc stirred a few memories. I did the rectification on that aircraft. There were holes all over it where the departing flaps and pen nibs, had hit the rear fuselage. The U/W tanks and CBLS had also disappeared. The pitot tube had also put a fair size hole in the aileron.

Funnily enough, after we did the symmetry checks and declared it to be spot-on, HSA/BAe dug out the history and it turned out that the symmetry had always been quite a way out.

I believe that the Navy had declared it a rogue because it always turned to one side when trimmed for carrier take-offs (or so the civvy rep said). Perhaps John Eacott or his colleagues can confirm (XT 271?).
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